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NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive

SP-614ex-Margaret O (SP 614)

Motorboat:

Built in 1915 by George Lawley and Sons Corp., Neponset, MA

Acquired by the Navy 13 December 1917 from H. O. Whitney

Commissioned USS Margaret O (SP 614), 20 September 1917

Renamed SP-614 in April 1918

Returned to her owner 24 April 1919

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 20 t.

Length 55'

Beam 11' 8"

Draft 5' 6"

Speed 8.6 kts

Complement 12

Armament: One 1-pounder and one .30 cal. Lewis machine gun

Propulsion: One 50hp Standard gasoline engine, one shaft.

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Photographed prior to World War IU.S. Navy photo NH 99660

Naval Historical Center

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In a boathouse prior to World War I. The boat in the foreground is Zenda (SP 688)U.S. Navy photo NH 102579